Record



March 7, 1939.

E. K BOTTLE RECORD Filed Jan. 22, 19:51

INVENTOR. EawAeo KIQBY Borne, oec'o,

BY-SA2A JANE BOTTLEJADMINISTEATRIX M, 12%,. duck/m ATTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 7, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,149,501 ancoan notation of Delaware Application January 22, 1931, Serial No. 510,389

In Canada January 12, 1931 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in record assemblies of the type employing long continuous record and transfer strips in interleaved transfer relation with each other and adapted for 5 use in various types of typewriting machines, bill-' ing machines and the like, or for manual transfer inscription.

It is a general object of the invention to provide a record receiving device or manifolding assembly 10 of long continuous record and transfer strips arranged in transfer relation with each other and having improved means whereby sets of inscribed record and transfer leaves severed from the assembly may be quickly and expeditiously sepa- 15 rated from each other.

Another object is to provide in a manifolding assembly of the class mentioned an improved arrangement of the transverse weakened severance lines whereby certain of said lines .deviatelongig tudinally from other parts thereof and form other adjacent lines at points spaced inwardly from the opposite longitudinal strip edges, thus providing, upon severance along said lines, projecting grip tabs and complementary recesses or vacuities positioned at points spaced inwardly. from the opposite longitudinal edges whereby the severed record and transfer leaves can be selectively gripped at spaced parts thereof and separated or stripped from each other.

30 Other objects of the invention will be in part pointed out in the following detailed description of certain illustrative but preferred embodiments of the invention and will be in part obvious therefrom.

35 The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts, which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth and the scope of the application of which will be indicated 40 in the claim.

For a more complete disclosure of the nature and advantages of the invention reference is had to the following detailed description and to the accompanying drawing in which:

45 Fig. 1 is a partially diagrammatic perspective view of a fragment of a record assembly the strips of which are shown considerably separated to reveal the structure and arrangement;

Fig. 2 shows one record unit after severance 50 from the main body of the record assembly and in the processof having its .individual layers segregated into groups;

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the record assembly as it is fed towards a writing platen or to a writing machine; and

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the invention embodied in a record assembly of the fanfold type, and with certain of the parts broken away to disclose underlying structure;

v Since certain of the subject matter of this application is disclosed in the inventors prior copending application Serial Number 424,101, filed January 28, 1930, the present application is a continuation in part of the prior copending application.

As shown in Fig. 1, long continuous record strips II] are relatively superposed and interleaved with long continuous transfer strips II, the transfer or carbon strips being positioned for transferring inscriptions madeupontheupper or original record strip to the underlying or copy record strips. These record and transfer strips may be of any desired length to form a complete record or manifolding assembly thus providing a supply for use in connection with various forms of writing machines.

Insofar as the inscription receiving layers are concerned, one or more of' them usually have indicia upon their upper faces. Such indicia may be of any desired character and might, for example, take the form as shown of billheads and spaces to be filled in. In view of the fact that a record assembly of this nature is usually in its initial stages quite long, it is desirable that the record layers be arranged in compact form. To this end, they may be disposed upon one or more supply spools or as'illustrated in Fig. 3, they may be disposed in the form of a zigzag pack l2. The latter arrangement isparticularly desirablehaving in mind that alignment of the several layers is to be preserved, and with a pack structure of this nature, relative displacement of the layers is prevented to the greatest extent.

. In order that the record assemblymaybe quickly and easily divided into groups or sets of inter- 40' leaved record and transfer leaves superposed in transfer relation with each other, each of the record strips I0 is provided with transverse weakened severance lines l3 longitudinally spaced to provide record leaves or sheets each of which is provided with one or more of the blank forms. The carbon strips H are similarly provided with longitudinally spaced transverse weakened severance lines It, and the severance lines 13 and M of the record and transfer strips will ordinarily be arranged in groups depthwise of the assembly whereby all of the strips may be simultaneously severed along a group of lines so as to detach a set or unit of record and transfer sheets interleaved in transfer relation with each other. Such 1 a leaf unit may be thus severed either before or after the desired inscriptions have been made upon the record leaves.

In order that the record leaves may be substantially rectangular in form to conform with standard business practice, the weakened severance lines it of the record strips are preferably in theform of straight lines extending directly across the strips to or substantially to the opposite longitudinal strip edges. The weakened severaince lines It of the transfer strips, however, as shown, are provided with. longitudinally deviating or diverging portions as indicated at it, said deviating portions itbeing preferably, as shown, spaced inwardly from each of the opposite longitudinal strip edges. It will be noticed that these longitudina-lly deviating line parts it deviate not only with reference to the opposite end portions of the lines It, but they similarly deviate longitudinally with reference to the adjacent portions of the severance lines id of the record strips. I'his arrangement, as later more fully described, pro vides upon severance along the weakened lines id projecting grip tabs and recesses in the adjacent severed edges or ends of the transfer leaves, the grip tabs thus formed projecting beyond the adjacent edges or ends of the relatively superposed record leaves.

The lines of weakening of all strips or layers are, generally stated, coincident or in alinement with each other in the several piles or groups. In other words, these transverse weakened severance lines are preferably arranged in groups depthwise of the assembly. As a consequence the operator is enabled with minimum effort and attention, and with or without the assistance of a tearing bar to sever the pile or group, from the body of the record.

As shown, for example, in Fig. 2, the separated set or unit of interleaved record and transfer leaves will have their end and side edges respectively in registry with each other, but due to the longitudinally deviating portions it of. the carbon strip severance lines itl, it will be apparent that a part of one end edge of each carbon leaf will be offset inwardly with respect to the corresponding record sheet margins, while the opposite end edges of the severed carbon leaves will extend beyond the contiguous margins of the record leaves. In other words, each transfer leaf or sheet will have at one of its end edges a grip tab It and at its opposite end edge a recess or vacuity I'l providing a grip escaping aperture. At the same time, as mentioned above, the record strip severance lines l3 may be substantially straight so as to form substantially rectangular record leaves.

As clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 (and also in Fig. 4 later more fully described) it will be seen that the longitudinally deviating parts [5 of the transfer strip severance lines i i are positioned intermediate the lengths of said severance lines and at points inwardly spaced from both the op-- posite longitudinal strip edges. Also, it will be noticed that the end parts or segments of each of the severance lines it extend outwardly between the deviating parts and the opposite longitudinal edges of the respective strips. One of the practical and important advantages of this structure and arrangement is that the grip tabs thus inwardly spaced from the assembly edges are fully protected from accidental tearing, multilation, or other damage incident to handling the assembly. Both the transfer strips and the grip tabs are thus maintained intact and excellency of transfer inscription is promoted. Another advantage of this structure and arrangement is that the severance of a set of interleaved record and transfer leaves from the complete supply assembly may be initiated with equal facility at either of the opposite longitudinal edges of the assembly. This initiating of the severance, as will be understood by those skilled in the art, is promoted by the arrangement of the severance lines in both the record and transfer strips in substantially aligned depthwise groups at each of the opposite assembly edge portions where the severance is started. With the lines arranged as described, the starting of the severance, whether at one or the other of the assembly edges, will be effectively confined to the severance lines and the danger of tearing the strips at parts thereof away from said severance lines will be effectively avoided.

Upon severance of a set or unit of record and transfer leaves from the complete supply assembly, the grip tab or tabs it will project from and be exposed at one end of the unit so that they may be readily gripped to the exclusion of the record leaves. At the same time the recess or vacuity H at the opposite end of the assembly provides a selective grip formation whereby the record leaves may be gripped to the exclusion of the transfer leaf or leaves. By this means, the record and transfer leaves may be very quickly and easily separated or stripped from interleaved relation with each other.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 4, the inscription receiving layers or record strips are formed from a single integral wide web it which is folded longitudinally of the direction of feed to provide what is commonly known in the art as a fanfold web. In the embodiment under consideration, six inscription receiving webs or record strips are provided in this manner, and five transfer strips it are interposed between the record strips. In common with conventional construction, the longitudinal lines of fold appearing in the web may be defined by lines of weakening permitting ready severance of the inscription receiving strips. Also, in common with the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, the transfer strip transfer weakened severance lines have centrally divergent portions so as to provide the grip tabs l6 and completely grip escaping apertures. The record assembly of Fig. 4 will be utilized in exactly the same manner as heretofore indicated in connection with the preceding figure,

In the diiferent forms of the invention hereto fore described, it will be observed that care has been employed to preserve the inscription receiving sheets intact and free from mutilation, i. e. without grip escaping apertures ortabs. Obviously, however, it is within the purview of the invention to reverse the parts so that the inscription receiving layers or record strips would have the tabs and grip escaping apertures and the carbons would be unmutilated. If, as shown, in Fig. 3, the record assembly is disposed in the form of a zigzag pack it is preferred in some cases, although not necessary, that the lines of weakening be coincident with the line of fold. In any event, in both of the illustrated forms, the operator will feed the record towards and through the writing machine in any desired manner and according to the characteristics of the machine. Of course, before being inscribed, the succeeding record piles or groups may be severed from the record body, but usually the record will remain intact through the inscribing station of the machine, and severance of the successively inscribed piles or groups contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described this invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

In a manifolding assembly, in combination, a

plurality of long continuous record and transfer strips in interleaved transfer relation with each other, said record and transfer strips having transverse weakened severance lines longitudinally spaced apart'dividing said strips into record and transfer leaves interleaved in transfer relation, said weakened severance lines being arranged in depthwise groups in the assembly providing for simultaneous severing of the strips int'o sets .of record and transfer leaves in interleaved transfer relation, said record strip severance lines being straight and forming outer boundaries of rectangular record leaves of each said record strip, said transfer strip severance lines each having a part longitudinally deviating from adjacent parts thereof, said deviating part of each line being spaced inwardly from the opposite ends thereof so as to form, upon severance along said lines, grip tabs projecting from the severed edges or ends of the transfer leaves and to form apertures at the respective adjoining severed edges or ends thereof, each said grip tab lying within the general bounds of the strip of which it is a part and being positioned in the assembly wholly between the adjacent overlying and underlying strips, said grip tabs and apertures being spaced inwardly from each of the opposite longitudinal edges of the severed leaves, the respective sever- ,ance lines extending outwardly between the location of said tabs and the oppcsite longitudinal assembly edges to points closely adjacent to said edges so that the strip severance may be initiated at either assembly edge, said deviating. parts of the severance lines also deviating longitudinally with reference to the respective adjacent parts of the record strip severance lines, whereby the said grip tabs project beyond the adjacent severed edges of the record leaves of a severed set, thus forming a selective grip formation for the transfer leaf or leaves atone part of the severed set, while said apertures in the transfer leaves form a selective grip formation for the record leaves at another part of the severed s'et, whereby the record and transfer leaves may be separated or stripped from each other.

SARA JANE BOTTLE. Administratria: of the Estate of Edward Kirby Bottle, Deceased. 

